Will Doctor Who be released in a high-definition DVD format, i.e. on BluRay?
Beginning with the 2009 Easter special, Planet of the Dead, the new series of Doctor Who has switched up to high-definition, and from there on high-defintion Blu-Ray releases have begun to happen. Everything up until that story has been predominantly shot on standard-definition videotape, and what you see on the standard-definition DVDs is almost the best it can ever look. However, the better codecs that are now available on BluRay would improve the pictures somewhat. Also, from 1967 onwards, the BBC was using 625-line PAL, which was a superior system to the North American 525-line NTSC system, and if they were to be re-released on BluRay, North Americans with high-def TVs would see an improved picture just from that that the Brits wouldn’t. Also, a BluRay disc would be able to hold perhaps 3-4 whole classic stories. For these reasons, it is becoming more likely that the classic series and perhaps the first four seasons of the new series could see re-release on BluRay sometime in the f
